Comments on: Karaoke in China http://www.panasianbiz.com/business/china-business/karaoke-in-china/ News in Asia - politics, entertainment, education, sports, bollywood, world Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:41:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Humanaught http://www.panasianbiz.com/business/china-business/karaoke-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-2957 The Humanaught Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:20:28 +0000 http://www.panasianbiz.com/?p=5714#comment-2957 <p>The funny part is, it's all for naught. I mean, I can't imagine any of the small-time shady Ka-la-O-kay companies here in China implimenting any sort of royalty paying system.</p> <p>The tighter regulations will just further the under-the-table relations these guys already have with local police, and it will expand the pirated equipment/disc market.</p> <p>Tragic really, as I'd have loved for the restaurants to stop their drunk customers from hollaring out horrible renditions of Lionel Richie while I'm eating.</p> The funny part is, it’s all for naught. I mean, I can’t imagine any of the small-time shady Ka-la-O-kay companies here in China implimenting any sort of royalty paying system.

The tighter regulations will just further the under-the-table relations these guys already have with local police, and it will expand the pirated equipment/disc market.

Tragic really, as I’d have loved for the restaurants to stop their drunk customers from hollaring out horrible renditions of Lionel Richie while I’m eating.

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